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Title: Plaque with Cupids Boxing and Wrestling
Abstract: Bronze plaque depicting four nude cupids boxing and wrestling in silver and gold inlay.
Date: 1st c. CE

Title: Wrestler's Weight
Abstract: Schist weight depicting a nude male holding a lion skin standing next to another lion on one side. The other side depicts five figures, one judge, two athletes wrestling, and two spectators.
Date: 1st c. CE

Title: Volute Krater with Athletes
Abstract: Black-Figure volute krater depicting scenes of gods and athletes around the neck. The top frieze depicts twelve figures, two of which are driving quadrigae. This is the mythological scene of the battle between the Giants and the Olympian gods (The J. Paul Getty Trust, 2017). Three of the gods are identified as Herakles, Hermes, and Athena by their attributes (True and Hamma, 1994: p.89). The lower frieze depicts fifteen figures: ten athletes, four trainers, and one flute player. The athletes, either training or competing, are doing various activities. This includes two runners in armour (hoplitodromos), a runner, a discus thrower, a javelin thrower, two wrestlers, two pankratiasts, and another standing off to the side holding a piece of equipment. Behind the last athlete is a tall pillar with a fillet on it, probably a turning post for the runner (True and Hamma, 1994: p.89).
Date: 6th c. BCE

Title: Hydria with Pentathlon
Abstract: Black-figure hydria depicting mythic and athletic scenes. The shoulder depicts seven male nude athletes wearing fillets competing in the events of the pentathlon and one paidotribes. On the left a pair of wrestlers are about to compete; the next athlete is an akontistes and is holding two javelins; next is a diskobolus holding a discus; the next figure is a paidotribe holding a stick; and on the right are two runners. The body of this vessel depicts the mythic scene of Achilles slaying Troilos; horses are depicted on the left with Achilles in the center holding the severed head of Troilos, whose body lies nude on an altar guarded by two armed warriors holding decorated shields.
Date: 6th c. BCE

Title: Kylix with Athletes
Abstract: Red-figure kylix depicting a variety of athletic scenes. The interior depicts two male figures, one a clothed paidotribe and the other a young male nude athlete. On the exterior are two different scenes of athletes. The first depicts two nude male boxers, two nude male pancratiasts, and a trainer. Above the figures hangs a discus in a bag and a pair of thongs. The other side depicts five male figures, four of which are nude athletes. The figure on the left is a hoplitodromos wearing greaves and a fillet while holding his shield and helmet. The next figure is the clothed trainer holding a stick. The next two figures are boxers in the midst of a match and the last figure is another boxer holding the thongs outstretched between his hands. Two pairs of thongs are depicted in the background, one hanging on the wall and the other draped over a column.
Date: 5th c. BCE

Title: Amphora with Athletes
Abstract: Red-figure amphora. On one side three nude male athletes exercising. The figure on the left is a discobolus holding a discus; the figure in the center is preparing to throw a rod; and the figure on the right is a boxer preparing for a match. An inscription surrounds the central figure: 'ΛΑΔΑMΑΣ, Λαδάμας' on the right, 'Φ]άϋλλος' on the left, and 'KA', 'ΛΟΣ', and 'καλός' above him. On the other side Apollo, Artemis and Leto are depicted with a deer and panther standing behind them. Apollo's name is inscribed on the right: 'APOΛΛONOΣ, Άπολλώνος'.
Date: 6th c. BCE

Title: Kylix with Wrestlers
Abstract: Red-Figure kylix depicting nude athletes wrestling with a clothed paidotribe looking on.
Date: 5th c. BCE

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